So I started my sculpt today too.. First time in this scale for me too.. This is my progress for today:

Doesn't look no where as perfect as the sculpts by MJ and Opiate, and the side straps look damn wide, and I kinda regret calling this a 'budget-built' and haven't done a better head-casting of my friend.. I'll never use a plaster-strip head again, lessong learned!

Ok, I'm putting my material order in tomorrow. Luckily I got a buddy that lives near one of smooth-ons distributers so I don't have to wait for paypal, and shipping and all that crap which takes forever.

Still tweaking and reshaping anytime I touch the thing, but I found a couple different pics that showed some good angles so I'm pretty close to done with this part except for smoothing the nose holes.

Hey can anyone who has the costumebase, colorsuits, etc, vest help me out please? I'm having a helluva time putting this thing on by myself. What are the steps to putting it together and when to lace the two vest pieces together, etc. I don't know why I am having such trouble putting the vest together and on, but each time I do it just doesn't look or feel right. Any and all help is appreciated haha.

For most of them I cut and glued together dowel rods, made a mold of that, and then cast it in plastic. Then I etched the lines into the plastic cast and made a mold of that. That method works nicely for all the angular pipes. The two center pipes at the bottom are curved, so I made the basic shape out of clay, and then did the same process with making a plastic cast and carving the lines into it.

By the way, I just have to say that the chin on your mask looks perfect.

Hey can anyone who has the costumebase, colorsuits, etc, vest help me out please? I'm having a helluva time putting this thing on by myself. What are the steps to putting it together and when to lace the two vest pieces together, etc. I don't know why I am having such trouble putting the vest together and on, but each time I do it just doesn't look or feel right. Any and all help is appreciated haha.

I have my girlfriend help me into it. Putting it on all together by myself, the vest and belt never fit quite right. Usually i put on the vest, lace it up and then the belt comes last